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FLAME RETARDANT THERMOPL~STIC
A ~C~ONT~INING (ISOl CYANURATE
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
Thi~ invention relates to improved flame
retardant aromatic carbonate polymers and
polyesters, and blends thereo~, containing as a
flame retardant certain cyanurates or isocyanurates,
hereinafter conjointly indicatçd as (iso)cyanurates.
Brief Description o~ the Prior Art
Flame retardant propertie~ are required ~or many
pl~stics, especially tho~e involved in electrical
and transportation applications. A major
flammability test us~d in electrical applications is
the Underwriters Laboratory UL9~ test, to which many
flammability standards re~er. In khis te t, a
vertical sampla of the plastic of specified
dim~nsions is ignited from the bottom by a speci ied
flame applied ~or 10 seconds. A~ter~lame time and
tha presenca or absenc~ o~ fla~ing drip~ is
observed. For ~any electrical applications, a rating
of V0 by this test is the requirement; to achieve
such a VO rating, not only must the plastic sample
havQ an a~ter~lame timQ of less than 10 seconds but
it mu~t al~o not produc2 flaming drips. Otherwise,
if ~la~ing drips occur, or the a~terflame time
exceed~ 10 s~conds, the sample will b~ given a less
favorable UL94 rating and will be excluded from the
more demanding electrical applications.
The ~ean~ ~or achieving high flame retardanGy,
such as V0 ra~ings by UL94, hitherto ha~e involved
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addition of brominated compounds and antimony oxide.
Several difficulties result from this methodology:
the additives commonly degrade physical properties
somewhat, either heat distortion temperature or
impact strength. They cause opacity and undesired
pigmentation. Bromine compounds and antimony are of
some concern in regard to pollution. The presence of
brominated additives in a thermoplastic frequently
causes mold corrosion. Upon combustion of such
compositions, the smoke is ometimes elevated and the
vapors contain corrosive hydrogen bromide which can
damage nearby electrical circuitry.
As alternatives to brominated flame retardants,
pho~phorus esters such as phosphonates and
phosphates have also been used. These can cause some
exudation problems.
An alternative approach to flame retardin~
thermoplastics is to introduce high loadings of
mineral filler~ which release water endothermically
when exposed to a fire: examples are alumina
trihydrate and magnesium hydroxide. However, such
high loadings greatly compromise the physical
properties of the plastic.
It is an object of the present invention to
provide nonhalogen flame retardant additives for
poIycarbonate~, polyestercarbonates and blends
thereof which are effective at low levels.
I have found that thi$ requirement is met by
flame retardant quantities of certain non-
halogenated cyanurates and isocyanurate~.
It ha~ been known in the art to use melaminesalts of cyanuric acid as flame retardants ror
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polyolefins, but ~ince melamine it~el~ is a known
flame retardant, it is not obviou~ that cyanuric
acid absent the melamine would be a flame retardant
nor that it would perform in the polymers of the
invention. It is especially ~urpri~i~g that low
dripping ~ormulations could be a~tained by use af
the (iso)cyanurate~ o~ the invention, sinc~ melamine
cyanurate is known to increa~e dripping tendency in
certain thermoplastics.
Further, it i5 known in the flame retardancy art
that tris(dibromopropyl)isocyanurate i a ~lame
retardant ~or polyolefins but herQ also, halogens
such as bromine are known ~lame retardant elemen~s
and it is not obvious tha~ isocyanurates absent the
halogen would have flame retardant u~ility. It was
surprising and unsxpected that the particular flame
retardant (iso)cyanurates o~ my invention would be
effective in th~ encompassed thermoplastic polymers.
Summa~y_o~ th~_Invçntion
The present inv~ntion provid~ ~lame retardant
aromatic poly~stsr and carbonate polymer~ which burn
without flaming drips, the~e polymers containing an
effective fla~Q retardancy improving amount~ of an
unhalogenat~d trihydrocarbyl cyanurate, cyanuric
ac~d, alkali mekal ~alts thereof, or trihydrocarbyl
isocyanurate. Triglycidyl isocyanurate is especially
pre~erred as a flame retardant additive, and
aro~atic carbonat~ poly~ers are sspecially ~referred
as tha poly~er. Co~binations o~ ths (iso)cyanurate
enumerated above with sulfonat~ fla~ retardant~ i~
aromatic carbonate poly~ers ar~ al~o a pre~err~d
feature o~ my invention.
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Detailed_Desc~iPtion of the Inventlon
The composition of the invention is a thermo-
plastic comprising at least one aromatic carbo~ate
polymer and which contain an effective flame
retarding amount o~ a unhalogenated trihydrocarbyl
cyanurate, cyanuric acid, alkali metal salts
thereof, or trihydrocarbyl isocyanurate. Espe-ially
pre~erred i~ triglycidyl isocyanuratQ. Also
preferred i5 combinations of ~lame retardant amounts
of the above-cited (iso)cyanurates with flame
retardant amount of
sul~onate ~alts, in particular th~ potassium salt o~
sulfonated diphenyl sulfone.
By trihydrocarbyl (iso)cyanurat~ is meant a
substituted cyanuric acid or isocyanuric acid of
which the ~hree protons ar~ replaced by hydrocarbyl
yroups, such group~ being cu~tomarily defined as the
radicals obtained by removing a hydrogen atom from a
hydrocarbon. The hydrocarbyl radical may be
thereforQ alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, and the
hydrocarbyl radical may be unsubstituted or
substituted by stable substituent~ such as alkoxy,
aryloxy, or ~poxyethyl. Exampl~ of hydrocarbyl are
m~thyl, propyl, octyl, allyl, phenyl, and
2S cy~lohexyl. Examples of ~ubstitut~d hydrocarbylc
contemplat~d as being included in the term
hydrocarbyl ar~ m~thoxyethyl and glycidyl.
Triglycidyl lsocyanurate is an esp~cially preferred
specie~.
Th~ pr~ferred co~pounds fro~ th0 group of
cyanuric acid or alkali salt~ thereof are the acid
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i~sel~, ~he mono-, di- or trisodium salt, and the
mono , di- or tripotassium salt.
The pre~erred compound from ~he group of
trihydrocarbyl cyanurakes i9 triphenyl cyanuxate
(triphenoxy-1,3,5-triazine).
Effective flame retardant amounts of the (iso)-
cyanurate are e~ployed~ Flame retardant amounts o~
the (iso~cyanurate~ are genexally in ths range o~
from about 0.05 to about 10 phr (parts per hundred
parts by waight o~ re~in), preferably from about 0.1
to about 3 phr. When used in conjunction with the
sulfona~ ~lame retardant~, ~he a~ount~ can ba
toward the low end of the cited range.
Suitabl~ ther~oplast~c poly~ars for us~ in the
inYen~ion include tho aromatic carbonate polymers.
Th~Q aromatic carbonate polymer~ encompass
polycarbonate~ as w~ll a~ polye~t~r-c~rbonates. The
method o~ preparatiorl of polycarbonates by
interfacial polymerization ar~ well known; s~ ~or
exampla th~ d~tails provided in the U.S. Patent~
3,028,365; 3,334,154; 3,275,60~; 3,915,926;
3,030,331; 3,16~,121; 3,027,814; and 4,188,314, all
o~ which ar~ incorpora~d herain by referencQ
thereto.
In gen~ral, ~hs method o~ interfacial
poly~eri2ation comprises the reaction of a dihydric
phenol with a carbonyl halide (the carbonate
precursor).
Although the reaction condi~ions o~ the
preparative proc~s~e~ may vary, several of th~
preferred proces~e~ typically involve dis301ving or
di~per~ing th~ diph~nol reactants in aqueou~
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caustic, adding the resulting mixture to a suitable
water immisci~le solvent medium and contacting the
reactants with the carbonate precursor, such as
phosgene, in the presence of a suitable catalyst and
und~r controlled pH conditions. The mo~t commonly
used wat~r immiscible solvent~ include methylene
chlorid~, 1,2-dichloroethans, chlorobenzene,
toluene, and the like.
The catalyst employed accelerates the rate o~
polym~rization of the dihydric phenol reactant with
the carbonate precursor. Rspres~ntative catalyYts
includ~ but are not limited to ter~iary a~ines such
as triethylamina, quaternary phosphonium compound~,
quaternary ammonium compound~, and the like. The
lS pr~ferred proc~s for preparing polycarbonate resins
o~ the invention comprises a phosgenation reaction.
Tha temperatur~ at which the pho~genation reaction
proce~ds may vary from below 0 C, to above lOO'C.
The phosgenation rsaction praferably proc~eds at
temperatur~ o~ fro~ room temperatures (25~C) to
50-C. Sinc~ the reaction i~ excth~rmic, th~ rate of
phosgQno addi~ion may be used to con~rol the
r~actlon tQmperatUr~. The amount o~ ~ho~gen~
r~quirQd will generally depend upon the amount of
th~ dihydric phenol and the amount of any
dicarboxylic acid also present.
The dihydric ph~nols employed are known, and
~h~ reactiv~ groups are the two phenolic hydroxyl
group~. Som~ of the dihydric ph~nols ar~
repr~ented by the general for~ula:
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HO ~ A ~ OH
(I~
wherein A is a divalent hydrocarbon radical
containing from 1 to about 15 carbon atoms; a
substituted divalent hydrocarbon radical containing
from l to about 15 carbon atoms and sub ~ituan
groups such a~ haloyen; -S- : -SS-; -S(O)- : -5()2-
; -O- : or -C- : wherein each X 1~ independently
selected ~rom the group con i~ting o~ hyd~ogen,
halogen, and ~ monovalent hydrocarbon radical such
as an alkyl g~oup o~ ~rom 1 to about 8 carbon ato~s,
an aryl group of from 6-18 carbon atoms, an aralkyl
group of ~rom 7 to abou 14 carbon atom~, an alkaryl
group of ~rom 7 to about 14 carbon atoms, an alkoxy
group of from 1 to about 8 carbon atom~, or an
aryloxy group o~ frcm 6 to I8 carbon atomss and
wherein m ig z~ro or 1 and n i~ an in~eger of from 0
to 5.
Typical o~ ~ome o~ the dihydri~ phenol~ that
can b~ employed in tho practice of tha present
inven~ion ar~ bi~phenols 3uch a (~-hydroxy-
phenyl).m~than~, 2,2-bi 3 ( 4-hydroxyphenyl)propane
(al~o known a~ bi~ph~nol-A), 2,2-bi~4-hydroxy-3,5- .
dibrsmophenyl)propane; dihydric phenol ether~ such
as bi (4-hydroxyph~nyl) ~th~r, bis(3,5-dichloro-4;
hydroxyphenyl) ether; dihydroxydiphenyls such a~
p,p'- dihydroxydiphenyl, 3,3'~dichloro-4,4'-
dihydroxydiphenyl; dihydroxyaryl ~ul~ona 3uch a
bis~4-hydroxyphenyl) sul~one, bis (3,5-d1mQthyl-4-
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hydroxyphenyl) sulfone, dihydroxybenzenes such as
resorcinol, hydroquinone, halo- and alkyl-
substituted dihydro~ybenzenes such as 1,4-dihydroxy-
2,5-dichlorobenzen2, 1,4-dihydroxy-3-methylbenzene;
and dihydroxydiphenyl sulfides and sul~oxides such
as bis(4-hydroxyphenyl) ~ulfide, bis(4~
hydroxyphenyl) sulfoxide and bis(3,5-dibromo-4-
hydroxyphenyl) sulfoxide. A varie y o~ additional
dihydric phenol~ are available and are disclosed in
10U.S. Pat. N~s. 2,999,835, 3,028,365 and 3,153,008,
all of which ara incorporated herein by reference.
It i~, of course, pos ible to employ two or more
different dihydric phenol~ or a combination o~ a
dihydric phenol with glycol.
15The carbonate precursor can be either a
carbonyl halido, a diarylcarbonate or a
bishalofor~ate. The carbonyl halide~ include
carbonyl bro~ide, carbonyl chloride, and mixture~
thereo~. Tha bishalo~or~ate~ includ~ the
bishaloformata~ o~ dihydric phenols ~uch as
bi~chloroformat~s o~ 2,2-bi~(4-~ydroxyphenyl)-
propane, 2,2-bi~(4-hydro~y-3,5-dichlorophenyl)-
propane, hydroqulnon~, and th~ a, or
bishalo~oxma~ of glycols such a~ ~ishaloforma~e~
o~ ~thylen~ glycol, and th~ like. Whil~ all o~ the
abov~ carbonate precursors ar2 u~eful, carbonyl
~hloride, also known as pho.~gens, is preferred.
Al~o included within the scope o~ the prasent
invention are the high ~olecular weight
thermoplastic randomly branched polycarbonates.
The ~ randomly branched polycarbonate~ are prepared
by coreacting a polyfunctional organic compound with
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the aforede~crib~d dihydric phenol~ and carbonate
pr~cursor. The poly~unctional organic compounds
use~ul in making the branch~d polycarbonates are set
forth in U.S. Pat. No~. 3,635,895 and 4,001,184
which are incorporated herein by r~erence. The~e
polyfunctional compounds are generally aromatic and
contain at least threa functional group~ which are
carboxyl, carboxylic anhydrid~s, phenols,
haloformyls or mixture~ thereof. Some nonlimiting
exa~ples of these polyfunctional aromatic compounds
includ~ l,1,1-tri(4-hydroxyphenyl) ethans,
trimellitic anhydride, trimellitic acid,
trimelli~oyl trichloride, ~-chloro~ormyl phthalic
anhydride, pyromellitic acid, pyromelli~ic
dianhydrid~, mQllitic acid, m~llitic anhydride,
trimesic acid, benzophenonetetracarboxylic acid,
benæophQnonetetracarboxylic anhydrid~, and the like.
The pr~rred poly~nctional aromatic compound~ are
l,l,l-tri(4-hydroxyphenyl)~thana, tri~ellitic
anhydridQ or trimellitic acid or their halo~ormyl
derivativQ~. Also included herein ar~ blends o~ a
linear polycarbonat~ and a branched polycarbonate.
The aromatic car~onate polymers suitable for
U52 a~ compQnent (~) o~ the compositions of the
invention includQ polyester-carbonate~, also known
a~ copolyest~r polycarbonate~ ., re3in~ which
contain, in addi~ion to recurring polycar~onate
chain unit~ of thQ formula:
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wh~rsin D i8 a divalent aro~atic radical of th~
dihydric phenol employed in the polym~rization
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reaction, repeating or recurring carboxylate units,
for example o~ the formula:
-~-0-C(0)-Rl C(0)-0-D-]- (IIb)
wherein D is as defi~ed above and R1 is a~ defined
below.
The copolyestar-polycarbonate re~in~ are also
prepared by interfacial polymerization technique,
well known to those skilled in the art: see for
exampla the U.S. patents 3,169,121 and 4,487,896.
In general the copolyester-polycarbonate resins
are prepared a~ described above ~or the preparation
of polycarbonata homopolymers, but by the added
presenc~ o~ a dicarboxylic acid (ester precursor) in
th~ water immiscibl¢ solvent.
In general, any dicarboxylic acid
conventionally usad in the preparatiorl of linear
polyastar~ may be utilized in the preparation of the
copolye~er~carbonatQ re~ins of the instant
invention. G~ncrall~r, the dicarboxylic acid~ which
may be utilized includ~ th~ ali~hatic dicarboxylic
acid~, the aromatic dicarboxylic acids, and thQ :
aliphatic-a~omatic dicarboxylic acide. Thase acids
are well known and ara dl~closed ~or essample in U.s.
Pat. No. 3, 169, 121 which is hereby incorporated
herein by r~er~nce. R~presentakive o~ such
aro~natic dicarboxylic acid3 are ~hose represented by
the general formula:
HOOC - Rl - COOH
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phenylen~, naphthylene, biph~nylen~, sub~ti~u~ed
phenylen~ and th~ like; a divalent allphatic-
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aromatic hydroca~bon radical such a~ an aralkyl or
alkaryl radical; or two or more aromatic groups
connected through nonaromatic linkages of the
~ormula~
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wherein E is a divalent alkylene or alkylidene
group. E may also consist o~ two or more alkylene
or alkylidene groups, conn2cted by a non-alkylene or
alkylidene group, such a~ an aromatic linkage, a
tertiary amino linkage, an ether linkage, a carbonyl
linkage, a silicon-containing linkage, or by a
sulfur-containing linkage such as sul~ide,
~ulfoxide, sulfon~ and the like. In addition, E may
be a cycloaliphatic group of five to seven carbon
atom~, inclusive, (e.g. cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl), or
a cycloalkylidene of five to seven carbon atom~,
inclusive, ~uch a~ cyclohexylidene. E may also be a
carbon-free ~ulfur-containing linkage, such as
sulfidQ, sul~oxide or ~ulfone; an eth~r l~nkage; a
carbonyl group; a direct bond; a tertiary nitrogen
group: or a silicon-containing linkage such a~
silane or siloxy. Other group~ whi~h ~ may
represent will occur to those ~killad in the art~
For purpo~@~ of the present invention, the aromatic
2S dicarboxylic acids are preferred. Thus, in the
preferred aro~atic di~unctional carboxylic acids,
i~ an aromatic radical such as phenylene,
biphenylen2, naphthylene, or substituted phenylen~.
So~e non-li~iting exa~ple~ o~ suitable aro~atic
dicarboxylic acid~ which may be used in prsparing
the poly(Q~ter-carbonat2) or polyarylate re~in~ of
the in~tant lnvention include phthalic acid,
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isophthalic acid, terephthalic acid, homophthalic
acid, o-, m-, and p-phenylenediacetic acid, and the
polynuolear aromatic acids such as diphenyl
dicarboxylic acid, and isomeric naphthalene
~icarboxylic acids. The aromatics may b~
substituted with Y groups. Y may be an inor~anic
atom such as chlorine, brominQ t f luorine and ths
lik~: an organic group such a~ the nitro group; an
organic group such a~ alkyl, or an oxy group such as
alkoxy, it being only neces~ary that Y be inert to
and unaffected by the reactant~ and th~ r~action
conditions. Particularly useful aromatic
dicarboxylic acids are those represented by the
general formul~:-
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HOOC ~+~ ( IV)
~ COOH
wher~in ; is a po itive whole integer having a value
of fro~ 0 to 4 inclusiv~; and each R3 is
ind~p~nd~ntly selected ~rom the group con~isting o~
alkyl radical~, pre~era~ly low~r al~cyl (1 to about: 6
c atom~ ) .
~ixtur~ o~ the~a dicarboxylic acids may be
e~plo~tQd. Therefore, where the term dicarboxylic
ac~d is us~d h~rQin it is to be understood that this
t~r~ includ~s mixture~ of two or more dicar~oxylic
acid~ .
Mo~t preferred a aroma~ic dicarboxylic acids
are isophthalic acid, teraphthalic acid~, ar~d
mixture~ ther~of. A partlcularly u~e~ul
difunctional carboxylic ac:id compri~33 a mixture o~
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isophthalic acid and terephthalic acid wherein the
weight ratio of terephthalic acid to isophthalic
acid is in the range o~ from about 10:1 to abou~
0.2:9.8.
Rather than utilizing the dicarboxylic acid per
se, it is possible, and so~etimes even pre~erred, to
employ tha reactive derivati~es o~ said acid.
Illustrative o~ thesa reactive derivatives are the
acid halides. The pre~erred acid halides are th~
acid dichlorides and the acid dibro~ide~. Thus, for
example instead of using isophthali~ acid,
terephthalic acid or mixtures thereof, it is
possible to employ isophthaloyl dichloride,
terephthaloyl dichloride, and mixture~ thereo~.
The propoxtion~ o~ reactants e~ployed to
prepara the copolyss~er carbonate resins of ~h~
invention will vary in accordanc~ with the proposed
use o~ the product re~in. Tho~e skilled in the art
are awar~ o~ us~ul proportions, a~ de cribed in the
U.S. patent~ re~erred to above. In general, the
amo~nt of th~ estar bond~ may be ~rom about 5 to
about 90 ~ole percent, r~lative to the carbonate
bonds. For exa~ple, 5 ~ole~ o~ bisphenol A reacting
co~plQtely with 4 mole~ o~ isophthaloyl dichlorlde
and l mol~ o~ phosgene would giv~ a copolyester-
carbonatQ o~ 8~ mole percent ester bonds.
The pr~erred polycarbonates for use in the
present invention are those derived ~ro~ bisphenol
and phosgene and having an in~rin~ic visco.ity o~
about 0.3 to about 1.5 deciliter3 p~r gram in
methylene ~hloride at 25.
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Blends of aromatic carbonate polymers are also
suitable for use in the invention.
The ~lame retardant additive triglycidyl
isocyanurate is a known compound; it i~ made for
example by the re~ction of epichlorohydrin with
isocyanuric acid. An e~fectiv~ amount of
triqlycidyl isocyanurate is ~rom about 0.1 to about
10 phr, preferably about 0.2 to about 5 phr.
In an aromatic carbonate polymer, it is found
advantageou~ to use this ~lame retardant in
conjunction with a flame retardant amount o~ a
sulfonate salt. It is well known in the art to flame
retard aromatic carbonate poly~er~ with a ~lame
retardant amount o~ a sul~onate salt. Suitable
sulfonate salt~ for use as flame retardants in
polycarbonates are reviewed by I3hihara in U. S.
Patent 4,735,978 (April 1988) which is incorporated
by reference. Also useful ar~ the fluorinated
alkylsul~onate~ ~uch a~ tho ~ disclo~ed by
Nouvertne, U. S. Pat. 3,775,367 (1973) or by ~iu, U.
S. Pat. 4,438,231 (Mar. 19~4) a~ well a~ th~
aromatic sul~imid~ and sul~onamide salt~ such a~
those di~closed by Laughner et al. U.S. Pat.
4,786,686 also incorporated herein by reference
thereto. The pref~rred sulronatQ salt i~ ~h~
pota~sium salt of ~ul~onated diphenyl sul~one,
becaus~ of it~ high af~iciency and abili~y to
provid~ transparent resin formulations. A flame
retardant amount o~ any of the~e sulfonate~ is in
the range o~ about 0.01 to about 2 phr, prererably
about 0.05 to about 1 phr.
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The production of the compositions o~ the
inven~ion is done by any of the operations known for
the blendinq of thermoplastics, such a~ in a
kneading machine such ac a Banbury mixer or an
extruder, or solvent blending. The sequence of
addition is not cri ~sal but all components should
ba thoroughly blended. Blendi;~ can be done
continuously or batchwise.
The compo~itions o~ the invention may be
further modified by th2 addition o~ other types of
additives known tn the art of plastics compounding.
Such additiveq can include for exa~ple Sillers (such
as clay or talc), rein~orcing agent~ (~uch a~ gla~s
fibers), impact modifiers, other resin~, antistats,
plasticiz~r~, ~low promoters and other proces~ing
aids, stabilizers, colorant~, mold release agents,
oth~r flame retardants, ultraviolet screening
agents, and the likeO
Th~ invention will ~e better und~rstood
with referenc~ to the ~ollowing Qxa~pla3, which axe
presented for purposes o~ illustration rather than
for limitation, ~nd which set ~orth tha b~st mode
conte~plat~d for carrying ou~ the inventlon.
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i polycarbonat~ (Lexan 145, mad~ by General
Electris Co., ~rom bisphenol A and pho g~ne) was
admixed with various levels o~ tri~lycidyl
isocyanurat~, and the compositions wer~ molded into
l/8 inch thickness ~est bars for th~ Underwriters
Laboratory UL94 flammability te~t. The rssults are
shown in ths ~ollowing tabl~:
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Example No. 1 2 3
Level of TGIC: - 0.6 1.8
UL94 results:
8urn time, average 26.9 6.4 0.8
Burn time, range 1.8 40.1 1.2-25.7 0.5-1.1
UL94 rating ~ V2 V0
A comparative experiment with another epoxide,
Araldite GT7072 (a glycidyl ether of bisphenol A
made by Ciba-Geigy Co.) at similar levels of
addition in the same polycarbonat~, failed to give a
fla~e retardant result and all formulations dripped
severely when ignited.
EXAMPLES 4-7
An aromatic polycarbonate made from bisphenol A
;and phosgene wa admixed with various amounts of
(iso)cyanurates, and tested as in the preceding
~examples.
~ Example No. 4 5 6 7
Additive !phr):
Triphenyl cyanurate - 0.42 0.15
Cyanuric acid - - - 0.16
KSS~ 0 3 0,3 0 3 0 3
UL94 Results-
Burn time, av. 6.2 6.0 4.6 3.1
Burn time, range 1.7-12 1.4~12 l~ll 0.8-6
Flaming drip yes no no no
UL94 rating V2 V1 Vl V0
* The potassium salt of sulfonated diphenyl sulfone
These data show the flame retardant effect
(which includes a drip suppressant effect) of the
compounds of the invention.
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These data show the flame retardant ef`~ect
(which include~ a drip suppressant e~fect) of the
compounds of the invention.
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